FARMINGTON, Utah (AP) — A parent is opposing a school district’s choice of the phoenix as the mascot of a new high school in Farmington, claiming plural forms of the word sound like the term for male genitals. Kyle Fraughton, a parent of future students of the school, launched an […]
GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. (AP) — Authorities say they’ve recovered a body within the Grand Canyon National Park and it’s believed to be that of a Utah man missing since late last month. Park Service officials announced Monday that a man’s body was recovered below the South Rim between […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A group of Utah Republicans is mounting a public campaign to urge former presidential candidate Mitt Romney to run for a U.S. Senate seat currently held by Utah Republican Orrin Hatch. Hatch says he hasn’t decided whether he’s running for re-election next year. State Sen. […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — Prosecutors say a former professional football player sliced his wife’s neck and then crawled on the ground outside their rented Utah condominium before flagging down a police officer. Murder charges filed Monday against 46-year-old Anthony D. McClanahan say the bloody Nov. 2 scene in Park […]
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A Utah legislator is developing a proposal to move sex education out of the classroom and onto home computers via the internet. Rep. Justin Fawson, a conservative Republican from North Ogden, says he’s drafting a bill that would that would tailor the state’s sex education […]
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican John Curtis is set to become Utah’s newest member of Congress amid an intense push by GOP leadership to score a major legislative victory before the end of the year. Speaker Paul Ryan will swear in Curtis on Monday during votes on the House floor. Curtis […]
DENVER (AP) — A Utah contractor with ties to a polygamous group is appealing a judge’s finding that they put nearly 200 children to work picking pecans for long hours in the cold without pay. Lawyers for Paragon Contractors are set to appear before the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals […]
PAROWAN, Utah (AP) — Southern Utah sheriff’s deputies have arrested two women in a stolen vehicle who led officers on a high-speed chase on Interstate 15. The sheriff’s office says a deputy spotted a stolen 2013 Lincoln MKS traveling northbound on I-15 about 20 miles north of Cedar City shortly […]
LOGAN, Utah (AP) — The Utah Department of Transportation will hold a public open house and accompanying public hearing for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement on proposed recommendations for highway improvements to the Valley View Highway. The events will take place Wednesday at Logan City Hall. The public is invited […]
NORTH SALT LAKE, Utah (AP) — Fire officials say two homes were damaged and two others were destroyed in a fire at a North Salt Lake neighborhood. North Davis Fire Chief Jeff Bassett says all the occupants of the homes affected were able to evacuate safely. No one was injured. […]
